Horseshoer&#39;s foot-vise.



T. K. SNYDER.

HORSESHOBES' FOOT VISE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, 1911.

1,003,665. Patented Sept. 19,1911.

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cm'rnn STATES? PATENT orrion THOMAS K. SNYDER, 0F CHICORA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HORSESI-IOERS FOOT-VISE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS K. SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicora, in the county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoers Foot-Vises, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a vise for the use of horseshoers which shall render the forging of clips and calks on horse shoes and the sharpening of the same more convenient, more easy and more rapid than heretofore.

The invention consists in combining with a vise, of any ordinary construction, a set of attachments adapted to carry out the purposes of my invention as hereinafter more fully described with reference to the drawing, in which,

Figure 1. is a perspective view of a foot vise equipped with my improvements. Fig. 2. is a vertical section taken through the jaws with the attachments in position for sharpening the toe calk from the inside. Fig. 3. is a perspective view of the attachments to the movable jaw, the view being taken from the outside. Fig. 4. is a view of the same parts from the inside and, Figs. 5. and 6 show slight modifications of the mode of attaching the parts.

In the drawing, Fig. 1, A represents the stand of the foot vise. This is provided near its bottom with a treadle lever B B ful crumed at a and whose end B opposite the treadle bears against the inclined lower face of the upright lever C carrying the movable jaw member ID. The lever C is fulcrumed at .7) and when the treadle end B of lever B B is depressed by the foot the upper end of the lever carrying movable aw member I) is thrown toward the opposite jaw member E to pinch and hold the horse shoe between the same.

As so far described the foot vise is of a well known construction. The portions of the jaws which do the clamping, however, are modified to suit my attachments, as will be apparent from the further description of the attachments.

In the movable member D of the vise aw there is loosely seated a rocking bar F which has a face circular in cross section fitting in a circular groove or seat in the member D to which it is held by a screw or headed bolt 0 passing through a vertical slot in the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 25, 1911.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911. Serial No. 629,326.

jaw member I) and the inner screw threaded end of which bolt is firmly seated in the rocking member so as to permit the rocking bar to turn slightly about the axis of its curved seat for the purpose hereafter described. To the end of this rocking bar there is pivoted at f a reversible plate G of the same length as the rocking bar F. This plate G has on its outer side a shoulder g and on the inner side a shoulder j and an inwardly projecting flange 2' along what is the bottom edge when the plate is in working position, but which appears at the top in Fig. 1 in which the plate G is reversed on the pivot f and is temporarily out of use. The plate G has through its middle portion a straight slot (Z along the line of shoulder g which is of a length and width adapted to receive the toe clip of a horse shoe which slot is substantially opposite the top of the fixed jaw E. Coinciding with this slot the bar F has a beveled face 0, on its upper surface and inner edge next to plate G. On the inner face of plate G there is pivoted at 72/ a Hat plate I-I whose thickness is just equal to that of the shoulder and whose width extends from the shoulder j to the top of plate G and whose horizontal length is the same as that of plate G. The rocking bar F being held permanently in the movable jaw member D, the plate G and all of the attached parts may be turned from its position, shown in Fig. 2, to the reversed position shown in Fig. 1. So also the bar H may be turned about its pivot it either to close the slot (Z in plate G and make a straight inner face with G or be thrown back to open slot (Z to the other jaw and afiord a shoulder 7' for the purposes hereafter described. The other jaw E of the vise is a stationary one but detachably connected to the stand. It has a fiat upper surface to serve the purposes of an anvil and has a straight right angular edge next to the movable jaw and has on its outer side edge an upstanding and sharp cutting edge m to trim ofi" the surplus iron in sharpening the shoe and finishing the calks and clip.

I will now describe the method of using my invention.

In forging, sharpening and fitting the ordinary horse shoe with rough-shod calks and toe clip, the plate G is first thrown back out of the way, as in Fig. 1, and the shoe 8 is clamped between the rocking bar F and opposite jaw E. The shoe, having already had a chunk of steel a; forged thereon which is to be shaped into a toe calk, is then clamped in the position shown in Fig. 1 and the toe clip y which extends up over the front of the horses tee is forged in the usual way, as seen at 3 The shoe is then taken out and the plate Gr with its attachments is thrown over to the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 and the bar H is thrown back to open the slot (Z to the opposite jaw. The shoe is then placed, toe down, on shoulder j with its clip y extending through the I slot d and with the toe pinched at the extreme edge between plate G and opposite jaw E with the lug a? which is to form the toe calk resting flat on top of the anvil face of jaw E and with the heels of theshoe projecting upwardly and steadied by the pincers of the blacksmith. The lug m which is to form the toe calk may be now beaten into form with the hammer, and be conveniently and accurately sharpened from the inside of the shoe as in dotted lines, Fig. 2. All surplus metal is conveniently trimmed off by the cutting edge m of the jaw E. To form the heel calks plate G is removed and the shoe is placed in position with the heels uppermost, but with the extreme ends of the heels projecting only far enough above the jaw E to be bent over and formed into heel calks in the usual way.

In explaining the function of the flange i at the bottom of plate G'and the coacting rocking bar F, I would state that this causes the shoe to be firmly grasped in the vise at the top, for as the jaws come together, the flange 2' strikes the jaw E and causes the rocking bar F to slightly turn to cause the plate G to come to a tight bearing on the shoe at a point higher up.

When sharpening the toe calk of a shoe which has no clip extending above the toe,

slot cZ is not necessary and the bar H is let down on shoulder j to give a perfectly smooth face to the inner side of plate G.

In carrying out my invention I do not wish to be confined to making my attachment pivoted to rocking bar F, for a tongue and groove connection may be employed for attaching and detaching plate G? in relation to the rocking bar, as seen in Figs. 5 and 6, and so also the anvil jaw E and plate H may have such tongue and groove connection, as shown in the same view.

I claim 1. A vise for horseshoers, comprising two jaws, one of which is fixed and the other of which is provided with a rocking support, and a plate attached to the rocking support on its inner face and adjustable to a position from between the jaws to a position away from the same, said plate having a slot through it to receive the toe clip 10- cated substantially opposite the top of the fixed jaw.

2. A vise for horseshoers, comprising two jaws, one of which is fixed and the other of which is provided with a rocking support and a plate attached to the rocking support on its inner face and adjustable to a position from between the jaws to a position away from the same, said plate having a slot through it to receive the toe clip located substantially opposite the top of the fixed jaw and having also a shoulder on its inner face provided with a supplemental removable plate to close or open said slot.

3. A vise for horseshoers, comprising two jaws, one of which is fixed and the other of which is provided with a rocking support, and a plate attached to the rocking support on its inner face and adjustable to a position from between the jaws to a position away from the same, said plate having a slot through it to receive the toe clip located substantially opposite the top of the fixed jaw and having also a marginal flange at its lower, edge to turn the rocking support.

4. A vise for horseshoers, comprising two jaws, one of which is fixed and the other of which is provided with a rocking support, and a plate attached to the rocking support on its inner face and adjustable to a position from between the jaws to a position away from the same, said plate having a slot through it to receive the toe clip located substantially opposite the top of the fixed jaw, the connection of the plate to the rocking support being a pivotal one to permit reversal of the plate.

5. A vise for horse shoers, comprising two jaws, one of which is fixed and the other of which is provided with a rocking support, and a plate attached to the rocking support on its inner face and adjustable to a position from between the jaws to a position away from the same, said plate having a slot through it to receive the toe clip located substantially opposite the top of the fixed jaw and having also a shoulder on its inner face provided with a supplemental removable plate to open or close said slot, said plate being pivoted to be reversible.

6. An attachment for a horseshoers vise, comprising a rocking support, a plate pivoted thereto and having a longitudinal slot and a shoulder lying above the rocking support, a shoulder on the opposite side with removable face plate and a projecting flange at its lower edge.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS K. SNYDER.

Witnesses ROBERT J. ANDERSON, EDWARD G. FREDERICK.

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